Holder for buckets



Filed March 18, 1949 INVENTOR. FRANK LIESERMAN.

ATTOR/VE'Y,

Patented Aug. 21, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HOLDER FOR BUCKETS Frank Lieberman, Detroit, Mich.

Application March 18, 1949, Serial No. 82,201

1 Claim. 1 This invention relates to a holder for a bucket in which a liquid or mortar may be positioned and is adapted for use by painters, window Washers, masons or others and may be supported on the rung of a ladder or other structure.

The preferred form of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is an elevation of the holder, the bucket being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the device showing the bail and hook element and manner of disposition of the hook element when the devise is not in use.

Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the device.

The holder comprises a series of rod like elements I, 2, 3 and 4. The element I is provided with a clip 5 and a bail 6 has its opposite ends secured to the upper end of the respective elements l and S and slidable on the bail 6 is a hook element 7. The end 8 of the hook element i may engage over a supporting member 9. The bail 6 is pivotally connected with the elements i and 3 as indicated at H) and II in Fig. 1 and supported on the inturned ends l2 of said members I, 2, 3 and 4 is a ring I3 the purpose of which is to strengthen the structure.

Positionable within the framework as above described is a paper container l5 in which the paint, or other material to be used, may be positioned and when a particular piece of work has been completed the container is thrown away and a new container placed therein.

The hook element 1 has an end la in which the bail may be positoined when the device is in use and, when not in use, it may be removed from the bail 6 to the position shown in Fig. 2 in which it is retained by the clip 5.

Heretofore if a painter desires to use a different color of paint the can has to be cleansed of paint before another color of paint may be placed therein. By ap-plicants device utilizing a container of paper like material the container may be disposed of at the completion of the work and a new container provided in place thereof. By this arrangement discoloration of paint is avoided thus saving the labor of cleaning the can as has hereinbefore been practiced.

From the foregoing description it is believed obvious that the devise is simple and inexpensive in character and may be used for a long period of time.

Having thus briefly described my invention, its utility and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

A holder for a bucket comprising a frame formed of a pair of ring like elements in vertically spaced relation, a series of wire like members uniting the said ring like members, one ring like member being of greater diameter than the other, a bail having its ends secured to the ends of an opposed pair of wire like members, the said wire like members being spaced apart at their upper ends a greater distance than the spacing between the members at the lower end, a hook slidable on the bail, and a clip on one of the wire like elements to receive the hook when not in use.

FRANK LIEBERMAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 240,891 Cook May 3, 1881 2,275,071 Austin Mar. 3, 1942 2,318,930 Dietrich May 11, 1943 

